Politics

Sen. Dianne Hesselbein now has four newly-elected Democrats in her caucus, eliminating the previous Republican supermajority and giving Democrats a greater say in what happens to the state budget.

In January, Republicans will have control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate along with the Presidency. Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Gwen Moore weighs in on some of the tax proposals likely to come up in the new Congress.

Rep. Greta Neubauer will once again lead Assembly Democrats as the party takes up a larger share of the chamber going into the next legislative session.

Wisconsin court regulators have filed a complaint against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman for false statements made during his 2020 election investigation.

An Eau Claire nonprofit that supports survivors of domestic violence is navigating local and state funding shifts in hopes of avoiding a “substantial change in our programming” halfway through next year.

Sean Duffy, the former Wisconsin congressman and current Fox Business TV host, has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump to be next U.S. Secretary of Transportation.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the vaccine skeptic and erstwhile presidential candidate now being tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the nation’s health agency, would have the full backing of U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit over whether the state’s top elections official should be able to keep her job.

Republican Eric Hovde has conceded Wisconsin’s U.S. Senate race to Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. His announcement comes more than a week after unofficial totals showed Baldwin won the race by about 29,000 votes.

Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday about whether Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe can keep her job amid a years-long Republican push to oust her.